bas bleu
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of bas bleu
C18: from French translation of English bluestocking
Example Sentences
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He is himself a plain practical man, who has no sympathy with the bas bleu movement.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
She was teacher rather than artist; but no one could be farther from a bas bleu, or more severe upon pedantry or pretension of any sort.
From The Women of the French Salons by Mason, Amelia Ruth Gere
Au reste, she has nothing of the bas bleu about her, and is very quiet and agreeable.”
From Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir
Au reste, she has nothing of the bas bleu about her, and is very quiet and agreeable.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina
One is deemed a pedant—a terrible charge at Paris!—or a bas bleu, which is still worse, however free the individual may be from any pretensions to merit such charges.
From The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of
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